The Dwight School has signed a 20-year lease for the 40,000-square-foot athletic center at the Mitchell-Lama apartment complex in East Harlem.

A partnership between the private school — for pre-K through 12th grade students — and 1199 Housing Corporation plan to open the facility at the East River Landing complex this spring, and a $2 million renovation is planned to upgrade the center with a regulation-size high school gym, a 25-yard swimming pool, exercise rooms, locker rooms, saunas and a rooftop space with two tennis courts.

“This transaction is a win-win for both the residents of the housing complex and the Dwight School,” said Cushman & Wakefield’s Fred Smith, who represented 1199 Housing Corporation with Robert Ballard and Omar Farooq, adding that residents of the housing complex will have shared access to the site. “It’s not often that we as real estate professionals get an opportunity like this to work on a transaction that has such a positive impact on the community.”
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International media company Fujisankei Communications International, Inc. re-signed its lease for 21,222 square feet at Tower 52, a Class A office building in Midtown East, The Commercial Observer has learned.

The company, which serves as the overseas division of Fuji Media Holdings, will continue to occupy the top three floors (33, 34, and 35) of 150-156 E 52nd Street in its lease renewal. Terms of the lease renewal, including the length of lease and the asking rent, were not disclosed.
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